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I’m unsure if I should take this list seriously or not but as I was reading this list I found myself thinking, “This writer really doesn’t have a clue’. Which is apt considering your pseudonym.

Take point ten for example. The fielding team is penalised by ricocheted overthrows not because the throw was perfect but because the fielder made an error in judgement in throwing the stumps down too late. Knowing when to throw at the stumps and when not to is part and parcel of the art of fielding.

It’s because of point five that I’m uncertain of your intention because everyone who has played the game should know that the umpires aren’t signalling to the crowd. Their signals are for the scorers.

I haven’t time to elucidate but points 3,4,8 and 9 also need a bit of extra thought.

thanks for the critique nestaquin. its upto individual readers how seriously they’d want to take the list (ideally, with a pinch of salt).

about your comment on ricochets, logical maybe, but isn’t it strange that the inaccurate throws don’t result in extra runs but the accurate ones do? most sport(aside from the likes of curling maybe) is about doing something well and not ‘not do’ something like NOT throwing the ball. I’m obviously not talking of careless flicks but genuinely close chances.

About #5, the reference is to the modern televised spectacle that is the game and not the ones played between clubs on the village green. It’s kinda absurd to be waiting on the umpire to finish his conversation on two-way radio to confirm a six when everyone watching (including the scorers) have seen multiple slow-motion replays of the ball land on the rope.